The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-03-03
The Jury Makes a Trip
Around the Horn.
Seeing Coal Slack. Slack Water,
aud Lots of Other Things.
Az ENJOYABLE EECCRSIGN On
4 D:StGREEABLE DAY.

aud Lots OF Other things.
Az ENJOYABLE EECURSIGN On
4 D:SaGREEaBLE DAY.
| Sights, Adventures, Anecdotes,
| Impressions. &c, &c.
THE SLACK CASE.
At the present term of Court,
Mr.. Joshua Jackson, living al
Longstreth's, and owning a farm
at that ppint. brought suit against
the Syndicate for 5000 damages,
basing his claim on the grounds
that The water Of his spring and
well had become vitiated and
unhealthful for his family use.
and for his stock. and for further
damages caused by a deposit of
coal slack from the Syndicate
mines. deposited by the recurring
floods on his bottom lands.
By request, the Jury. in accord
ance with the law, was directed
by Judge Friesner to visit the
premises, with view 10 having,
by actual observation. an Intelli-
gent understanding of The situa-
tion, and the possible causes in
ducing the suit.
OUR COMMISSION TO ACCOMPANY.
Accepting the courtesy of an
invitation from Sheriff Gallagher.
supplemented by a permit from
the Court. with an injunction to
stalk to nobody" Bro. Willard of
The Republican Gazette, and the
editor of the Sentinel accompa-
MED the party. as a special OBJ
servation corss, so to speak.
Promptly on train time, the
company consisting of Sheriff
Gallagher, in charge of the Jury.
John Hansen. representing MIR.
Jackson, and Vickers & Weldv
representing the Syndicate. cor.
gregated at the depot.
APPIEHENSIS Ms.
From midnight The rain had
been falling with the fluency of
Pursell's editorials, and for half
an hour before starting, coming
down in straight lines, like will
lard's plea paragraphs. The fear
in every mind was that The cOun-
try we proposed visiting would
be flooded and each would have
to paddle his own canoe. Bnt
when il became known that Tom
CALVIN conducted, and Al Knapp
engineered the train, apprehen-
sion vanished under cover of um-
brellas, and we felt happy, al
though uncomfortable in the
sense Of security when in care Of
such prudent train men.
THE JOKE or wELDY.
The time Of starting was de-
layed some ten minutes, through |
this singular circumstance: Col. !
Weldy had gone 10 The train. moi |
intending to accompany The par
ty, but 10 NEST, on business, Jay |
Gou d, or Gsnera! Hamilton, or ,
Georg, Washington, orscne oth-
er magnate passing down 10 Ath- !
ems, ani boarded that train
Father Chidester, iuryman. and
knowing Col. Weldy 10 be a lea
der of men, seeing him take the
train for Athens, followed.
When it was starting time for
rs. Sheriff Gallagher called the
roll. and it was learned that Faith
er Chidester. a juryman, was
missing, and it was told lie had
taken the train with Col. Weldy
for Athens. Hansen and Vick-
ers flew around for a while like
hens On hot eriddles, fearing that
if The Col. had captured Chides-
ter and carried him off, this would
make a cause for error iii the
slack seeing scheme
The Colonel, though, was equal
10 the emergency and The predic-
and bidding a hasty good
bye to the generals whom he
hoped 10 accompany 10 Athens,
pulled the bell-r5pe. stopped the
train, and he and Father Chides-
ter by a fast run in a drenching
rain. got back 10 the depot and
on our train just in time, Wick
ers and Hansen then both smiled |
and insisted, and will continue TO
insist, That the joke is on Weldy,
and not on the Juryman-no un-
q. this case is over.
a Protected JUROR.
Whilst this delaying prelude
was con inning, We editors were
with the jury and talking
politics and things, all Of them
being intelligent men and rea=
.lers. if not snbscrit ere, 10 our
papers. Sheriff Gallagher called
US 10 halt, saying that under
orders Of The Court we conld not
la!k 10 any juryman, but. seeing
that .juryman Jack Floyd had
one ear plugged up with cotton,
we might talk 10 him, one at
time i; we talked 10 him Oh the